it will find you; good
news, you must make it.
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Maranatha Volunteers
International is about making
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good news.
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Inspired by
Jesus' persistent love,
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we have chosen to be
good news to people in need.
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All of us,
making good news real,
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tangible, good news with faces.
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How do we make good
news, especially in a world of
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unending strife,
pain and tragedy?
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It begins with a vision that
sees far beyond the chains of
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human dilemma, a God vision that
says we can make a difference.
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What God has
done for each of us,
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we can do for others.
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Our hands,
God's hands; our feet,
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God's feet; our hearts beating
the rhythm of God's heart.
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Who would have thought a
construction company would be
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key to unlocking so many
treasures: the treasure of
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discovering
God's plan for my life,
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the treasure of
eternal friendship,
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the treasure of
everlasting life,
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the treasure of peace,
and the treasure of belonging,
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community, a place to express
faith in the God of eternal love
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and grace.
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We are Maranatha
Volunteers International.
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Let's all of
us: we who organize,
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we who sacrifice, we who put our
time and energy into building up
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the kingdom, we who believe that
good news is something we make,
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we are bound together in a
common cause with shared goals.
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We are bound together by God's
inexplicable gift of grace.
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And thanks to Jesus, we are
bound for the kingdom together.
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Good news, we have to share it,
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don't we?
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In the next few moments we would
like to take you on a journey
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through stories,
Maranatha stories,
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that we think will help
you see the opportunities,
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the incredible
possibilities that face us.
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Us: God's hands,
God's feet, God's heart.
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Our journey will
begin with a challenge.
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And then we'll see how
Maranatha's responding to that
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challenge.
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And you'll quickly sense that
there isn't just one response.
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Leadership and faith
are core to the solution.
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Those who commit their energies
full time to the mission and
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then volunteer leadership,
who journey all over the world,
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organizing and motivating
our teams of volunteers.
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And you'll see that none of
this can be done without church
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leaders having the vision
to cast the Maranatha net where
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their mission is.
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There are those other lines that
represent those who give: gifts
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of time, gifts of
money, gifts of service.
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We are Maranatha, all of us.
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Do you see the challenge?
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At Maranatha, we
prefer the word opportunity.
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Are you aware of the Seventh-Day
Adventist's Church's great need
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for church
buildings and schools?
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There are thousands of church
members all around the world
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without an adequate place to
worship and millions of children
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who would go to Adventist
schools if they had the
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opportunity.
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At Maranatha, we believe
that constructing churches for
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existing congregations
actually spreads the gospel.
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It grows the kingdom.
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Look anywhere in the 78
countries where Maranatha has
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built churches and schools.
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A new church or a
school is a catalyst,
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a spark plug that attracts
neighbors and friends and
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encourages members to
reach out to the community.
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Building a new church,
or building a new school?
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That's evangelism.
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Church leaders know this.
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So the request for churches and
schools accumulate rapidly in
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the Maranatha office.
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At this point, we have definable
requests for more than 100,
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00 Seventh-Day Adventist Church
buildings and requests for more
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than 60,000 new classrooms.
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That's 160,000 requests.
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Imagine building 100,000
churches will serve 15 million
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people.
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How many of those are people who
are joining God's kingdom for
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the very first time?
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A hundred thousand times
one hundred and fifty people,
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fifteen million
seats in churches.
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Sixty thousand classrooms?
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That means every day educating
more than 2 million students.
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What an opportunity.
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What an opportunity to reach
kids and their families with the
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message of the gospel.
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And these requests,
they're from Africa,
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India, South,
Central, North America.
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And in 2011, we can rejoice
that already more than 1,000
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churches, dozens of schools
have been built by Maranatha
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Volunteers International
all over the world.
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But at that rate, how
long will it take to build 160,
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00 buildings?
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About 160 years.
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That means we're done
somewhere around the year 2171.
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Our challenge and opportunity
is that we take that request for
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160,000 buildings seriously.
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We pray.
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We assess.
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We find leadership.
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And we step forward in faith
that God will lead us through
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the doors he has been opening.
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It excites us.
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It humbles us.
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And it sends us to our knees.
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I want to thank you today for
joining us in this journey of
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faith.
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Being a Maranatha volunteer,
it's one of the best things
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you'll ever do.
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Here's our response
to the world's needs.
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One hundred thousand churches
and fifty thousand schools.
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It's easy to get lost in
the immensity of the need.
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But each request Maranatha
receives represents a prayer in
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the hearts of a congregation
and the dreams of a child.
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The Adventist church is growing
rapidly all over the world.
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As people eagerly
make decisions for Jesus,
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they find themselves celebrating
their new life in Christ under a
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tree, or maybe shaded by a tarp.
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The fire of their faith is
often dampened by monsoon rain.
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But Maranatha steps out in faith
to respond to this growth by
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providing
urgently needed buildings.
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From One-Day Churches for small,
rural congregations to large
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boarding school campuses,
Maranatha responds with a
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building best
suited for each need.
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The One-Day Church is the
perfect solution to address the
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huge request for churches
in developing areas around the
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world.
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The simple steel building
provides the solid roof and
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structure, something most
rural congregations could never
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afford.
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After Maranatha
builds the frame,
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the local church members work
to finish the walls in ways that
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best represent their community.
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In India, Maranatha takes on the
additional task of finishing the
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church walls.
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More than 2,000 One-Day Churches
have been constructed all over
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the world and stand as centers
of hope in their community.
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Adventist education is
also making a big impact.
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Christian educators work hard
to impart knowledge and instill
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values.
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But a lack of infrastructure
hinders their efforts.
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The One-Day School
responds to that growing need.
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The building, complete
with a concrete foundation,
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walls and desks creates a
perfect learning environment for
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40 students.
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Multiple classrooms can also be
configured to create a complete
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One-Day School campus that can
accommodate much larger numbers
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of students.
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Maranatha's response to the
need for education also includes
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larger buildings.
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We call them Education
and Evangelism Centers.
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This building fills the need for
both classrooms and a place of
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worship.
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During the week classrooms
are filled with children and the
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auditorium is used
for school assemblies.
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On Sabbath, the simple
auditorium becomes a sanctuary.
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In India, Maranatha has built
several large boarding schools
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that are home to up
to 1200 students each.
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The campuses provide a constant,
loving Christian environment to
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help children rise
to their full potential.
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Maranatha has also
been very busy in Cuba.
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Our work there has included
refurbishing and building
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churches, as well as
constructing an entire seminary
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campus.
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But until recently, seminary
students had no place to meet
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doe church or for
other large events.
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Maranatha constructed a
beautiful campus assembly and
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meeting center
that seats 336 people.
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The immense needs the
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
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presents to Maranatha are
really tremendous opportunities.
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Opportunities to eternally
impact the lives of hundreds of
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thousands of people
all around the world.
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Maranatha, we are
bound for the kingdom.
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To participate financially
in Maranatha's mission,
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please visit Maranatha.org
and click on the "donate" tab.
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Your gifts will
improve organization,
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worship and life for God's
family all around the world.
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We also welcome your
participation as a volunteer.
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When we say
Maranatha builds buildings.
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That means you building
buildings and changing people's
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lives.
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Take a look.
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I was amazed two days ago
when we were in such a downpour
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that we couldn't see
if we had glasses on.
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And yet, I saw smiles on faces
and I saw people keep pouring
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mortar.
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I saw them keep putting up brick
and goose bumps standing up on
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their arms 'cause
they were so cold.
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And nobody complaining about it.
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And that is
because of the Holy Spirit.
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That's not because of us.
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It's because we become changed.
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We come with a mission.
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And then we go
home with a blessing,
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not even realizing, you know,
yes we came to give these people
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a blessing, but we are
the ones that are blessed.
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Each and every time, we
are the ones that are blessed.
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There is no question that
volunteering on a Maranatha
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project scores high in
the changed-lives category.
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And because you have to leave
behind most of what you're used
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to in life, you'll learn things
about yourself you never knew,
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like just how
cool you really are.
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Opportunities just around the
corner include building a school
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in India on an
open-team project.
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That means anyone can go
as long as there's room left.
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Each year Maranatha plans
a family project during the
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Christmas holiday.
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This year families will
be building in Latin America.
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There are more open team
and family projects planned in
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Africa, India and Latin
America next Spring and Summer.
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If you're a teenager you have
to sign up at least once for an
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Ultimate Workout.
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Try it.
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You'll be addicted.
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In fact, the Ultimate
Workout alumni were so addicted,
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the collegiate project has been
created for those between 18 and
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24.
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And remember, with Maranatha
you don't have to lie about your
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age.
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There are no age restrictions.
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The only thing we'd really
like you to think about as you
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consider your next project is
who are you going to bring with
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you?
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Maranatha is too
good to keep to yourself.
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If you haven't already,
it's time to bring a friend.
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Every project just
about that we go on,
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we say, "Wow, that was
right up there at the top."
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And then the next one is
right up there at the top.
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And it's impossible for
them to all be at the top,
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but the reality of it is
the people that come on these
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projects are people that
are trying to make a difference.
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They're very unselfish people.
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They're fun to get to know.
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They're fun to be around.
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And you make a lot of lifetime
friends in coming on projects
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like this.
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We are Maranatha.
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We are bound for the kingdom.
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Hey, bring a friend.
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At our convention in Portland,
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Oregon this year, I spoke with a
young man who has become a good
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friend, a man who
is always volunteering,
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everywhere on the planet.
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You gotta meet
him, Kyle Anderson.
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Every time I
come home from a trip,
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or getting
ready to go on a trip,
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it looks like you're
doing exactly the same thing.
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You're on your
way from, to, going.
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How many trips is it now?
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Six.
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Six!
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With the seventh one on the way.
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Where have you been
that you enjoyed the most?
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I don't really know.
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I love India for the food.
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I love Honduras for the
entire scenery and everything.
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But I thought Norway was
also really awesome scenery.
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And I don't know
which one is my favorite.
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When you were in India,
you didn't come home alone.
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You came home
with an adopted child.
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Yes I did.
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Tell me about that.
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Well, when we were--when we
got to India and everything,
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the people at the school
did this big welcome thing.
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Hmm Mmm.
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And it was really cool.
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And there was this kid that
was doing this funny dance and
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stuff.
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I'm like, "Oh, that's so cool.
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I want to adopt him
for going to the school."
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So next thing I know is I asked
the school person and he was up
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for sponsorship
and I sponsored him.
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So you have a sponsored son.
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Where in India?
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In Ongole, at the
Fjarli Adventist Academy.
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Now you spent enough time there,
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you were building, but you
were doing a whole lot more
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evangelism in the
villages than you were building.
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Yes we were.
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When you do
evangelism in a village,
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what happens when you
go to a door and knock?
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Well they come
out and they are like,
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"Oh, vandanalu.
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It's nice to meet you."
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And they're just
really open to you.
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They want you to be there.
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They want you to put their
hand--or your hands on them and
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pray for 'em and just they
think that the farther you come,
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the more blessing that they get.
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If you could give all of your
teenage friends encouragement to
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go on a mission
trip, what would you say?
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Just come, don't
worry about the money.
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Come on.
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Just come.
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Every teenager I know
worries about the money.
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Yeah, just say
that's a bad excuse.
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Come on.
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Just come anyway.
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Yeah.
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Why?
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Because the money
always shows up no matter when.
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But what will it do for me?
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It gets you closer to God.
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It brings you out of your
comfort zone to expand on like
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talking in front of
people and just doing anything.
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At least that's what
I've gotten out of it.
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That's where you found Kyle.
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Yes.
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On a mission trip in India.
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Yes.
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Where you gonna be next?
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I am going to
Nicaragua on Christmas time.
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For Christmas Family Project.
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Yes I am.
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You and how many family?
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I think three.
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I'm hoping three.
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Two for sure, but the
third one is going to come.
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They don't know yet.
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It's all about
bringing a friend.
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Yes.
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They don't know they're coming.
00:17:25.33\00:17:26.33
No, they don't know.
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But they're coming.
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They're coming.
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Kyle, thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thanks so much.
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Bring a friend.
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You're gonna hear me
say that a lot this year.
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When you join in
Maranatha's mission,
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bring a friend.
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Whether it's in
Nicaragua, India,
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or one of the many project sites
we have on the continent of
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Africa, bring a friend.
00:17:43.63\00:17:45.86
But come.
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Don't come alone.
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Bring a friend.
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Even if it's at a
project like Fort Meyers,
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Florida.
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We do those too.
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Bring a friend.
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And especially at the convention
next year in Sacramento,
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California
September 21 and 22, come.
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Bring a friend.
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You see, we want you to come.
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We also want you
to bring a friend.
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Every year Maranatha designs
projects to meet as possible of
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the 160,000 requests
we have for new buildings.
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But we also design projects
to meet the needs of the many
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volunteer groups
who come to do the work.
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Some of the groups are open
for anyone from anywhere to get
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involved.
00:19:31.83\00:19:33.03
Others are based on local
congregations who have a real
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desire and mission to serve.
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Some groups are for families.
00:19:39.36\00:19:41.26
In fact I want to show you
a video clip that was taken of
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some crazy guys who were on
our summer family project last
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summer.
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Then I want to introduce you to
them from an interview that we
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shared together at our
convention in Portland,
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Oregon.
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[Music]
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[Cheering]
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[Speaking Spanish]
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For an extra donation of $1500,
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you too can have a
copy of the trowel dance.
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[Laughing]
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Ernie, you were the
actual videographer for this,
00:20:23.66\00:20:29.66
right?
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That's right.
00:20:37.03\00:20:40.00
That's right, yeah.
00:20:40.00\00:20:44.76
Oh my.
00:20:44.76\00:20:46.03
Ernie Medina and Alan Michel,
you guys were involved in the
00:20:46.03\00:20:51.20
Summer Family
Project in Choluteca.
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Ernie, why did you guys
choose to do a family project?
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We were talking about why we
want to bring our kids to these
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things because, you know,
they--we believe that our kids
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can be missionaries now.
00:21:01.10\00:21:02.10
They don't need to
wait 'til they're older,
00:21:02.10\00:21:06.76
you know, student
missionary and all that,
00:21:06.76\00:21:08.63
which I support.
00:21:08.63\00:21:09.63
They can be missionaries now.
00:21:09.63\00:21:10.70
And you know, we saw
miracle after miracle.
00:21:10.70\00:21:12.63
I mean one--we were doing VBS
in their small church with a tin
00:21:12.63\00:21:16.30
roof and it rained every
day like at 4:00 o'clock or so.
00:21:16.30\00:21:19.80
And so we
couldn't hear anything,
00:21:19.80\00:21:20.90
but we had a PA system.
00:21:20.90\00:21:21.90
Well the one day the
electricity went out,
00:21:21.90\00:21:24.76
we prayed.
00:21:24.76\00:21:25.76
We said to the
kids, "Okay, you know,
00:21:25.76\00:21:26.76
we gotta pray,
'cause they can't hear us.
00:21:26.76\00:21:27.90
There's 200 kids in here."
00:21:27.90\00:21:29.30
And so we prayed,
and the rain stopped.
00:21:29.30\00:21:30.90
I mean you know we just had
different things like that all
00:21:30.90\00:21:33.26
the time that just reinforced
that this whole trip was a
00:21:33.26\00:21:35.36
miracle.
00:21:35.36\00:21:37.16
You took family and spent
most of your family actually
00:21:37.16\00:21:41.76
building with blocks, right?
00:21:41.76\00:21:43.46
You know as a family, we
really get to experience great
00:21:43.46\00:21:48.03
things with not only my family,
but also family--I mean eight
00:21:48.03\00:21:53.10
people from our
church went together,
00:21:53.10\00:21:55.56
brought our kids.
00:21:55.56\00:21:56.90
The kids had a great time.
00:21:56.90\00:21:58.46
We went side-by-side,
building, you know,
00:21:58.46\00:22:01.16
laying block and painting.
00:22:01.16\00:22:02.83
And yeah, I think they
could have worked harder,
00:22:02.83\00:22:05.10
but at the same time it gives me
great satisfaction to see them
00:22:05.10\00:22:08.53
getting involved.
00:22:08.53\00:22:09.53
And we really worked close.
00:22:09.53\00:22:12.10
I mean we ate all
our meals together.
00:22:12.10\00:22:14.60
I really have to congratulate
what Maranatha does.
00:22:14.60\00:22:16.80
I mean they get
everything organized for you.
00:22:16.80\00:22:19.90
So they got your hotel rooms.
00:22:19.90\00:22:21.86
They take care of your food.
00:22:21.86\00:22:23.13
I mean they fight people in to
help cook and manage the thing
00:22:23.13\00:22:26.46
so hopefully you don't get sick.
00:22:26.46\00:22:27.80
So it's really been a blessing.
00:22:27.80\00:22:29.73
It's more than
us helping people.
00:22:29.73\00:22:33.33
It's really Maranatha and the
whole experience helping us be a
00:22:33.33\00:22:37.50
better family
and be closer to God.
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If you've been on one of our
Maranatha projects and shot some
00:22:40.03\00:22:42.63
video like the
trowel dance, send it to us.
00:22:42.63\00:22:46.26
We would love to see it.
00:22:46.26\00:22:48.10
In fact, we might even play it
on "Maranatha Mission Stories,
00:22:48.10\00:22:51.43
or post it on
our YouTube channel.
00:22:51.43\00:22:54.16
You can find that anytime
by simply going to YouTube and
00:22:54.16\00:22:56.73
looking for Mission Stories.
00:22:56.73\00:23:00.76
Our volunteers?
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Ah, they range from under 10
years of age to over 90 years of
00:23:02.26\00:23:06.40
age.
00:23:06.40\00:23:07.63
One of the groups that serves
teenagers is called Ultimate
00:23:07.63\00:23:10.66
Workout.
00:23:10.66\00:23:11.96
Join me again in
Portland, Oregon.
00:23:11.96\00:23:14.10
I want you to meet a
very special young lady.
00:23:14.10\00:23:17.83
Morgan Housel, you went on
the Ultimate Workout trip in
00:23:17.83\00:23:22.50
2011, right?
00:23:22.50\00:23:23.66
Yes.
00:23:23.66\00:23:24.90
Now on most Maranatha trips,
there are four kinds of things
00:23:24.90\00:23:28.63
that happen, or many at least.
00:23:28.63\00:23:30.36
We do building,
blocks, cinder blocks,
00:23:30.36\00:23:33.53
bricks, stuff, steel.
00:23:33.53\00:23:36.06
We do Vacation Bible School.
00:23:36.06\00:23:37.96
Usually there's
some kind of outreach.
00:23:37.96\00:23:39.76
And very often even a clinic.
00:23:39.76\00:23:41.93
Yes.
00:23:41.93\00:23:42.93
Next time you go
on a mission trip,
00:23:42.93\00:23:44.66
which one do you want to do?
00:23:44.66\00:23:46.10
I would probably choose
outreach because it's so
00:23:46.10\00:23:50.63
incredible the way that you can
touch the families that you go
00:23:50.63\00:23:54.16
and visit.
00:23:54.16\00:23:55.40
Even if it's in a small way, you
always touch a family in need.
00:23:55.40\00:23:59.33
You also spent
some time building.
00:23:59.33\00:24:01.10
Yes.
00:24:01.10\00:24:02.10
Tell me about that.
00:24:02.10\00:24:03.10
We built our Two-Week Church.
00:24:03.10\00:24:05.96
And then on our little outreach
we built a fence around the
00:24:05.96\00:24:10.46
school that we were staying in.
00:24:10.46\00:24:12.10
It tests your faith when you
don't have all your supplies or
00:24:12.10\00:24:15.56
it's raining, which the climate
is very difficult down there,
00:24:15.56\00:24:19.50
'cause it's always
humid and it rains.
00:24:19.50\00:24:21.40
And so it makes it hard the next
day for you to lay cement if
00:24:21.40\00:24:26.00
you're cement or
your brick is too wet.
00:24:26.00\00:24:28.90
What stands out as something
that you just want to grasp onto
00:24:28.90\00:24:33.30
and never lose?
00:24:33.30\00:24:35.10
Even though we
chose to keep going,
00:24:35.10\00:24:39.86
we did have our faith tested.
00:24:39.86\00:24:42.23
And there were times when I
got really homesick and I just
00:24:42.23\00:24:45.30
wanted to go home
and not be there anymore,
00:24:45.30\00:24:49.30
but I kept with it
and so did everybody else.
00:24:49.30\00:24:51.86
And everybody
was really welcoming.
00:24:51.86\00:24:54.13
No matter if you don't have any
friends when you first go there,
00:24:54.13\00:24:58.16
you always leave
with a whole new family,
00:24:58.16\00:25:01.70
probably even more than one.
00:25:01.70\00:25:04.16
No.
00:25:04.16\00:25:05.80
It's a simple, two-letter,
one-syllable word spoken
00:25:05.80\00:25:09.10
hundreds of times a day.
00:25:09.10\00:25:10.80
It can be casual.
00:25:10.80\00:25:12.46
It can be empowering.
00:25:12.46\00:25:13.90
It can be protective.
00:25:13.90\00:25:15.53
It can also have
the power to destroy.
00:25:15.53\00:25:19.76
"No."
00:25:19.76\00:25:21.26
Destroy a hope.
00:25:21.26\00:25:22.93
"No."
00:25:22.93\00:25:23.93
Destroy a prayer, a dream.
00:25:23.93\00:25:27.86
One last story for you.
00:25:27.86\00:25:28.86
A few months
ago, Susan Bushnell,
00:25:28.86\00:25:31.30
our Chief Financial Officer,
stood before the Maranatha Board
00:25:31.30\00:25:34.60
of Trustees.
00:25:34.60\00:25:35.80
She told them that our Cuba
Seminary Church Project was not
00:25:35.80\00:25:39.63
yet fully funded.
00:25:39.63\00:25:40.86
In fact, there was still
quite a bit of money to raise.
00:25:40.86\00:25:45.76
And yet in just
a matter of weeks,
00:25:45.76\00:25:49.06
the church was
going to be dedicated.
00:25:49.06\00:25:52.10
She stood before them wondering
if maybe we had made too big a
00:25:52.10\00:25:56.46
leap in building that church.
00:25:56.46\00:25:59.93
Well within two days
of the board meeting,
00:25:59.93\00:26:02.30
Maranatha
received two major gifts.
00:26:02.30\00:26:05.10
And suddenly the entire
Cuba Seminary Church Project was
00:26:05.10\00:26:09.56
totally funded.
00:26:09.56\00:26:11.76
Three years ago, God
said, "Yes, Maranatha,
00:26:11.76\00:26:16.23
build that church in Cuba."
00:26:16.23\00:26:19.13
But only weeks before the
dedication God provided two
00:26:19.13\00:26:24.36
people who said "Yes" to giving
the last dollars necessary for
00:26:24.36\00:26:30.73
the project.
00:26:30.73\00:26:31.96
As a result, they said "Yes" to
answering thousands of prayers
00:26:31.96\00:26:38.26
in Cuba.
00:26:38.26\00:26:39.43
Imagine, just imagine.
00:26:39.43\00:26:41.43
What if we would have
said "No" from the start?
00:26:41.43\00:26:45.80
Today, tomorrow, and
until the Lord's return,
00:26:45.80\00:26:48.46
we want you to say "Yes."
00:26:48.46\00:26:50.73
Say "Yes" to
praying for the mission.
00:26:50.73\00:26:53.03
Say "Yes" to
answering God's call.
00:26:53.03\00:26:56.43
Say "Yes" to
giving what you can.
00:26:56.43\00:27:02.43
Give your hands,
your feet, your heart.
00:27:09.60\00:27:10.66
For when you do,
you say yes to brazen,
00:27:10.66\00:27:13.43
courageous, audacious faith.
00:27:13.43\00:27:17.40
You change the world.
00:27:17.40\00:27:19.13
I want to challenge you
to come visit our website:
00:27:19.13\00:27:22.76
Maranatha.org.
00:27:22.76\00:27:25.36
You'll do three
things there: learn,
00:27:25.36\00:27:27.40
watch, give.
00:27:27.40\00:27:28.96
You can learn all
about the upcoming projects,
00:27:28.96\00:27:31.50
where they are, who's going
and how you can get involved.
00:27:31.50\00:27:34.73
You can watch any of the
compelling videos or Mission
00:27:34.73\00:27:38.30
Story programs
you may have missed.
00:27:38.30\00:27:40.30
You can also order a free DVD
to use at your local church or
00:27:40.30\00:27:43.30
community group.
00:27:43.30\00:27:44.76
And you can give
$5, $10, $50, $100,
00:27:44.76\00:27:48.23
$1500 or $5000, whatever you can
to help us accomplish the part
00:27:48.23\00:27:54.66
of the work God
has given us to do.
00:27:54.66\00:27:57.16
That's Maranatha.org.
00:27:57.16\00:28:00.10
And we can only do it together.
00:28:00.10\00:28:03.40
I'm Dick Duerksen.
00:28:03.40\00:28:04.70
Thanks for joining me today on
this special Maranatha Mission
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